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A survey of the most massive stars in the Magellanic Clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2008

Alceste Z. Bonanos
Alceste Z. Bonanos
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Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Road, Washington, DC 20015, USA email: bonanos@dtm.ciw.edu
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Abstract

Despite the large impact very massive stars (>30 M⊙) have in astrophysics, their fundamental parameters remain uncertain. I present results of a survey aiming to characterize the most massive stars in the Magellanic Clouds. The survey targets the brightest, blue, eclipsing binaries discovered by the OGLE microlensing survey, for which masses and radii are measured to 5%. Such precise data are rare and provide constraints for theories of massive star formation and evolution at low metallicities.

Keywords

binaries: eclipsing binaries: spectroscopic stars: early-type stars: fundamental parameters stars: individual (LMC-SC1-105) Magellanic Clouds
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 4 , Symposium S256: The Magellanic System: Stars, Gas, and Galaxies , July 2008 , pp. 343 - 348
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2009

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